1918 - was born at Qunu, near Umtata
1944 - helped found the ANC Youth League
1949 - programme of Action was adopted by the ANC
1952 - Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa
- defiance Campaign and later acts of sabotage.
1960 - the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate
1962 - had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison
1990 - although negotiations were painfully slow and difficult, they eventually led to Mandela’s release
1993 - was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W. De Klerk
1994 - was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa
1999 - was President
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